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A mysterious goblin named Rumplestiltskin offers to help, but when the price for his help turns out to be too high and his plans for her less-than-selfless, Daisy has to find a way to untangle the web of spells and lies before it’s too late! As the story twists and turns, the audience stays captivated by the action while also learning some timeless truths and lessons, from the importance of honesty and helping others to the dangers of talking to strangers. Read to your students or have them read the story of Rumplestiltskin. Discuss the elements of the story that make it a fairy tale. Explain that there are many different versions of these stories and that the version they see will not be exactly like the book. Standards NMCCSS New Mexico Content Addressed By english language Arts: Standards: Speaking and listening Fine Arts/theatre & music: content Attending the (CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL): Standards 3 & 5 - comprehension and Performance collaboration 2 Rumplestiltskin Teaching guide Dreamcatchers Synopsis Life is peaceful in much muddle on The marsh. Pru Blossom is the resident baker and has been given the task of baking a cake for the King, but her daughter Daisy interferes with her cooking, and Pru is unable to finish the task. When the King doesn’t get his cake, he banishes Pru and Daisy from the kingdom. in order to save them, Pru tells a lie like no other: Daisy can spin straw into gold! Daisy is forced to agree and is promptly sent to a stable where she must spin all the straw to gold by the morning. Alone in the stable, Daisy is visited by the goblin Rumplestiltskin, who helps her in exchange for a piece of jewelry. The King is content, but Daisy suddenly receives a message that she now has to spin twice as much gold by the next day. Unbeknownst to her, Rumplestiltskin has been up to no good and cast a wicked spell! He wants Daisy to seek his help again, plea: a serious and emotional request Upon a Time, Rumplestiltskin is one of and when she does, he demands a for something the central characters and represents higher price: her first born child! She Spell: a spoken word or phrase that dark or evil magic. grudgingly agrees, but the next day attracts or influences someone or rumpelstiltskin was featured in NBc’s the goblin sets even more spells into something in a powerful or seemingly Grimm, where the tale is the inspiration motion. Now the King wants to marry magical way for the Season 2 episode “Nameless.” Daisy, which forces her true love, Stable: a building in which horses are He is a type of creature (‘Wesen’) charlie, out of the kingdom. Reluctant kept, fed, and cared for to marry the King, Daisy attempts to called a ‘Fuchsteufelwild’. The episode convince Rumplestiltskin to set her thwart: to prevent (someone) featured “Trinket Lipslums” (an free, but she and charlie will have to from doing something or to stop anagram of “Rumpelstiltskin”), who find ways to trick the trickster before (something) from happening is revealed to have helped a team the spells can be broken and everyone of video game programmers finish trickster: someone who cheats, tricks, can live happily ever after. an enormously popular mmoRPG or deceives others (massively multiplayer online role- Vocabulary playing game). Fun Facts for Students Banish: send (someone) away from the name rumplestiltskin is believed Rumpelstiltskin is one of the fairy a country or place as an official to come from an old children’s game tales featured in the direct-to-video punishment called Rumpele stilt oder der Poppart, filmMuppet Classic Theater, where the deal: an agreement between two or which dates back to 1577. character was played by Gonzo the more people or groups that helps each Great. rumpelstiltskin-like characters are in some way known as Ferradiddledumday in the rumpelstiltskin appears in the Gloat: to show in an improper or Appalachian region of America, Gilitrut Shrek movies! in Shrek the Third, he selfish way that you are happy with in iceland, Kruzimugeli in Austria, is a member of the gang of fairytale your own success or another person’s Ricdin-Ricdon in France, Trit-a-Trot in villains Prince charming rounds up in failure ireland, Whuppity Stoorie in Scotland, an attempt to take over Far, Far Away, and Peerie Fool (Peerifool) in thec eltic Goblin: an ugly and sometimes evil where charming mistakes his name orkney islands. creature that likes to cause trouble as “Frumpypigskin.” He appears again mister mxyzptlk is an impish impossible: unable to be done or to in Shrek Forever After, where he is supervillain who appears in Dc’s happen; not possible manipulating Shrek into making a wish Superman comic books. His origin that would erase Shrek from existence invisible: impossible to see; not visible story somewhat resembles the legend after the ogre indirectly thwarted of Rumpelstiltskin. lie: to say or write something that is Rumpelstiltskin’s chance to become not true in order to deceive someone in the ABc television series Once the ruler of Far, Far Away. 3 Rumplestiltskin Teaching guide Dreamcatchers About the Authors Rumpelstiltskin has been a popular fairy tale throughout most of Europe for a few centuries, but the most notable version is told by the famous German authors, academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and folklore collectors, the Brothers Grimm. Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm (1786-1859) Grimm both studied law at the University of marburg from 1802 to 1806, in hopes of following the path of their father. Due to health issues, Wilhelm didn’t start regular employment until 1814, when he obtained a position as secretary at a royal library in Kassel, Germany. Jacob Grimm joined him there in 1816. Together, the brothers robustly studied the folklore of their region, with an emphasis on recording the village oral storytelling that was vanishing with the advent of new technology. Jacob’s and Wilhelm’s work culminated in the book Kinder-und Hausmärchen (Children’s and Household Tales), the first volume of which was published in 1812 and the second in 1815. The collection would later come to be known as Grimms’ Fairy Tales, including the now famous Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, The Golden Goose, Little Red Riding Hood, and Cinderella. in 1840, the brothers decided to settle in Berlin, Germany, where they became members of the Royal Academy of Science, lectured at university, and also completed a massive project: a comprehensive dictionary of the German language. The popularity of the Grimms’ collected folk tales defies time—they are available in more than 100 languages and have been adapted by filmmakers numerous times throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. 4 Rumplestiltskin Teaching guide Dreamcatchers Grades: 1-5 Rumor Has It NMCCSS: Jeannette Zion english language Lesson 1 Arts: in the play Rumplestiltskin, Young Daisy is rumored to be able to spin straw into gold. in this lesson, students Speaking and will examine the concept of rumors and discuss why rumors can be troublesome. Students will play a version of the game “Telephone” wherein a message gets passed from person to person. Will the message stay the listening (CCSS. same? ELA-Literacy.SL): -comprehension and objectives collaboration Students will: • Develop a definition of the word “rumor.” • Work cooperatively towards a common goal. • Reflect on their experiences and how they relate to the topic of rumors. materials • Large space to work in procedure 1. in Rumplestiltskin, Young Daisy e. How can rumors be bad possible. is rumored to be able to spin straw things? into gold when she really can’t. 6. The last person to receive the 3. Have students sit in a circle on This rumor gets her into trouble. message should say it out loud. the floor. Have students define the word 7. State the original message. is rumor. What is the difference 4. To start the game, come up the secret message they reveal the between a rumor and a fact? with a secret message that will be same, or has it changed? passed around the circle. 2. Ask students to think about 8. Play the game several more how rumors are spread. They 5. Whisper the message to times, with a new person starting should try to answer these the person next to you. That the game each time. As you questions: person whispers the message play, ask students to think about to the person next to them, who a. How do rumors get started? whispers it to the person next to how and why the message is b. Why do people start rumors? them, and so on until the message changing. How can they connect has made it all the way around the what is happening to their earlier c. Why are people so quick to circle. Each person can only say discussion about rumors? believe/spread a rumor? the message once: no repeating.